Infallible vs Precise - What's the difference?
infallible | precise |
Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy.
certain, sure.
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Exact, accurate.
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(sciences) Of experimental results, consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other. This does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value.
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As an adjective infallible
is without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy.As a verb precise is
.infallible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He knows about many things, but even he is not infallible .
citation, passage=I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story, and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.}}
Synonyms
* faultless * perfect * indefectiveAntonyms
* fallible * defective * faultful * faulty * imperfectprecise
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)Snakes and ladders, passage=Risk is everywhere.